Ole Miss riot

The Ole Miss riot occurred from 30 September to 1 October 1962 when white segregationists protested against the desegregation of the University of Mississippi ("Ole Miss") in Oxford, Mississippi. The riot was caused by the enrollment of African-American US Army veteran James Meredith at Ole Miss, and 2 people were killed (including a French journalist) and 300 injured. A third of the US Marshals and the Mississippi National Guard were dispatched to forcefully desegregate the school, and Meredith was escorted into school by marshals.